PHYSICAL AND LITERARY. 6$ 



is the cafe by agreement and common 

 cu {lorn, the tithe is five fhillings, and 

 the poor rates three fhillings, or three 

 fhillings and fix- pence, all paid by the 

 tenant. The flatute-acre being as four 

 to five of ours, a fourth part of the above 

 fums muft be added to the accompt j 

 which will then fland thus, when redu"- 

 ced to our meafure. 



To the mafter L. i o o 



To the church 050 



To poor rates 036 



To allowance for the diffe- 

 rence of the ftatute Eng- 

 lifh acre from ours 070 



Total L. I I J- 6 



It is true, that feveral of the old lea- 

 fes, granted when they fir ft began to 

 improve, ftill continue in force, and that 

 by thefe the farmers are only obliged 

 to pay from feven to eight fhillings per 

 acre, and the tithes and poor rates in pro-' 

 portion : But it is as certain, when any 



of 



